Hook, Line, and Sinker

Hook, Line, and Sinker

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2022 · English · Kindle · 19 editions
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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND #1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER In the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another deliciously fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man… King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he’s a guaranteed good time—in bed and out—and that’s exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She’s immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his… personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox’s spare bedroom. She knows he’s a notorious ladies’ man, but they’re definitely just friends. In fact, she's nursing a hopeless crush on a colleague and Fox is just the person to help with her lackluster love life. Armed with a few tips from Westport’s resident Casanova, Hannah sets out to catch her coworker’s eye… yet the more time she spends with Fox, the more she wants him instead. As the line between friendship and flirtation begins to blur, Hannah can't deny she loves everything about Fox, but she refuses to be another notch on his bedpost.  Living with his best friend should have been easy. Except now she’s walking around in a towel, sleeping right across the hall, and Fox is fantasizing about waking up next to her for the rest of his life and… and… man overboard! He’s fallen for her, hook, line, and sinker. Helping her flirt with another guy is pure torture, but maybe if Fox can tackle his inner demons and show Hannah he’s all in, she'll choose him instead?

Book Details

Format Kindle
Pages 368 pages
Language English
Published Jan 1, 2022
Publisher Avon
Edition 9
Editions 19 editions
ISBN-10 0063045702
ISBN-13 9780063045705

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This was so overdone, they kept denying each other and it got so fucking annoying.

April 4th 2026

This is the second book in the Bellinger Sisters series by Tessa Bailey. While the first book focused on Piper and Brendan's love story, this second book focuses on her sister Hannah Bellinger and Fox Thornton's love story. I absolutely loved this book. 'It Happened One Summer' had me hooked from the first page and I loved Piper and Brendan's story so much but even in that book, you could feel the connection between Hannah and Fox as soon as they appeared in the same chapter so I just KNEW I was going to love this book even more! I loved Hannah as a character. It's very rare that a main character doesn't do something to annoy the hell out of me but I couldn't fault Hannah at all. Yes, she struggled with confidence issues at the beginning of the story but who doesn't from time to time? Fox was amazing. He was charming, witty and all round a pretty good main character. Sometimes Friends-to-Lovers can be a bit hit or miss for me but Tessa Bailey has won me over with this one! The way Hannah and Fox connected through their music and their insecurities made for a perfect friendship that turned them into a formidable team together. It was so genuine and emotional, I loved it.

August 29th 2025

They didn't have a break up that lasted like 20 chapters so that is pretty easy to read. When I read the ending I was only planning on reading a few chapters but then I needed to see what was going to happen to their story.
The epilogue was also really cute because I always love seeing the happy families living together.
I was not very happy with how everyone treated fox because he slept around and I liked that a lot of the story was the stigma and insecurities that were on a guy which isn't usually touched upon as often in books and shows. However, Hannah pulled him out over and over again showing that they are truly soul mates and the best thing to ever happen to each other.
I don't know how real these stories could be and if these types of love stories properly exist but they are still a hope and a beautiful escape if not and I will take nothing more with the beauty I get when reading and the joy and sorrow when the book is finished and out back on the shelf for another time to read.

April 21st 2023
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